Epilepsy in Rural Kentucky: Prevalence in a Population of School Age Children |
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| Authors: | Robert J. Baumann &Dagger ,Martin B. Marx&dagger ,Mary G. Leonidakis |
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| Affiliation: | *Departments of Neurology, Administration Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506;†Community Medicine, Administration Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506;‡Departments of Veterans Administration Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506 |
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| Abstract: | Seizure prevalence among school age children residing in a rural western Kentucky area (Hardin County) was determined utilizing a method designed to minimize false positives and to allow estimation of false negatives. The observed prevalence of epilepsy is 5.7/1,000 and of febrile seizures 17/1,000. Because of the high rate of false negative responses detected by random sample interview, the true rate of febrile seizures is believed to be closer to a projected rate of 31/1,000. |
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| Keywords: | Epilepsy Febrile seizures Epidemiology Health survey Children |
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